{"product_id":"the-dawn-of-the-warrior-age-war-tales-from-medieval-japan-paperback","title":"The Dawn of the Warrior Age: War Tales from Medieval Japan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoyall Tyler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war between the Heike and Genji clans in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries is among the most compelling and significant moments in Japan's history, immortalized in \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of the Heike\u003c\/i\u003e. Beyond the events recorded in this canonical text, the conflicts of the surrounding years are crucial to medieval Japanese culture and history. In 1156, power began to slip away from the court nobility in Kyoto. A shogunate was later founded in Kamakura, and in 1221, it won a decisive victory over the court. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe three war tales translated in this book tell the story of these critical decades, vividly recording stages in the passage from rule by the imperial court in Kyoto to rule by the warrior government in Kamakura. \"The Tale of the Hōgen Years\" recounts a deposed emperor's disastrous attempt to regain the throne in 1156. \"The Tale of the Heiji Years\" narrates a bloody clash between rival courtier factions in 1159. \"An Account of the Jōkyū Years\" records Kamakura's victory over the imperial attempt to overthrow it in 1221. These works do not simply complete the story of \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of the Heike\u003c\/i\u003e--they are classics of Japanese literature in their own right. Royall Tyler's lively translation masterfully conveys the nature of medieval Japanese warfare, rendering aristocratic power politics and the brutal realities of violence with equal aplomb. \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn of the Warrior Age\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential book for readers interested in premodern Japanese history and literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoyall Tyler is the award-winning translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of the Heike\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Genji.\u003c\/i\u003e His Columbia University Press books include \u003ci\u003eThe Miracles of the Kasuga Deity\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and\u003ci\u003e Joy, Despair, Illusion, Dreams: Twenty Plays from the Nō Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). After teaching at Ohio State University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Oslo, Tyler retired from the Australian National University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45568100532326,"sku":"9780231214674","price":66.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/veqHxQ7QHD9780231214674.webp?v=1777438001","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-dawn-of-the-warrior-age-war-tales-from-medieval-japan-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}